Sustainable System Innovations

Subtleness that Matters ∣ a cherry on top

acuginotti — Tue, 11 May 2010 06:41:04 +0000

I recently received a gift of being able to join the Art of Hosting happening for the first time in Japan. Every meaningful conversation is of course fantastic, but this one in particular connected my passion for hosting learning with my deep curiosity about Japan and Japanese culture. Talking to the participants I could understand [...]

How to contribute to addressing a complex problem through multi-stakeholder processes?

acuginotti — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:17:34 +0000

Starting with this question I’ve just been through a reflection on a developed approach called Change Lab that aims to create social innovation by enhancing relationships, capacities and the emergence of initiatives in the system they are working with. It was a fascinating exploration of the what makes a problem complex and the journey to [...]

Imagine

acuginotti — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:57:28 +0000

Looking at the books at the airport I saw a whole session on the Harvard Business Reviews – some relatively old. Still it was clear the patter of the titles – “Managing change”; “Managing talents”; “How to manage…”. In many occasions, managing does not make much sense, specially change, although we can be conscious of [...]

Organization or Community Sustained?

acuginotti — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:47:51 +0000

Conversations in Nepal – Appreciative Inquiry International Conference. People are looking for a way to have a sustained organization – not in terms of finance or social/environment, but in a sense of maintaining the mind-set that has been presented. Here is a group born out of Organizational Development. I find it difficult to think about [...]